Trombay was called Neat's Tongue because of its shape. Once, it was an island nearly 5 km east of Mumbai and was about 8 km in length and 8 km in width. The island contains several ruins of Portuguese churches from the 1620s and 1630s.[1]
1893 map showing Trombay
In 1928, the Great Indian Peninsular Railway opened the Trombay-Andheri line called the Salsette Trombay Railway or Central Salsette Tramway.[2]
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trombay, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, september, 2010, t. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Trombay news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2010 template removal help This article possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed August 2017 template removal help Trombay is an eastern suburb of Mumbai Bombay India TrombaySuburbTrombayLocation in Mumbai IndiaCoordinates 19 00 N 72 54 E 19 0 N 72 9 E 19 0 72 9Country IndiaStateMaharashtraDistrictMumbai SuburbanCityMumbaiGovernment TypeMunicipal corporation BodyBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporation MCGM Languages OfficialMarathiTime zoneUTC 05 30 IST History edit nbsp Atomic Reactor Trombay on 1965 stamp of India Trombay was called Neat s Tongue because of its shape Once it was an island nearly 5 km east of Mumbai and was about 8 km in length and 8 km in width The island contains several ruins of Portuguese churches from the 1620s and 1630s 1 nbsp 1893 map showing TrombayIn 1928 the Great Indian Peninsular Railway opened the Trombay Andheri line called the Salsette Trombay Railway or Central Salsette Tramway 2 See also editAnushakti NagarReferences edit Gazetteers of the Bombay Presidency Thana http www maharashtra gov in pdf gazeetter reprint Thane III places Trombay html Retrieved on 3 December 2010 Times of India Chembur Ghatkopar Plus Untitled Document Archived from the original on 15 May 2011 Retrieved 3 December 2010 Retrieved on 3 December 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Trombay amp oldid 1143337754, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
